Re: Tao U3 x86_64 new install hangs?

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004, Remco Barendse wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Pasi Pirhonen wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 04:14:12PM +0100, Bogdan Costescu wrote:
>>> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Remco Barendse wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I am trying to install Tao x86_64 U3 on a new box with an MSI K8N 
>>>> Neo2
>>>> motherboard (which has nForce 3 chipset).
>>>> ...
>>>> The x86_64 version however hangs during the initial boot up (even 
>>>> before
>>>> the welcome screen appears).
>>> 
>>> Try booting from the x86_64 CD with:
>>> 
>>> linux noacpi
>>> linux noapic
>>> linux noacpi noapic
>>> 
>>> Please don't forget to report back if any of these work.
>>> 
>> 
>> I am hopping in little late, but i was away few hours.
>> 
>> for NFroce3/x86-64 it's
>> 
>> linux noapic
>> 
>> I know as i do have one NForce3 opteron machine which is used for
>> testing the forcedeth patch (included on that media too).
>
> Yes, that worked indeed. Funny enough after the install finished the box just 
> booted, I do not need to pass that parameter to the kernel for normal system 
> startups.

OK, my remark wasn't particularly bright, guess I wasn't fully awake yet 
:0)  The installer poot noapic with the grub kernel options.

Some questions about the board though. Neither the realtek LAN nor the 
Marvell 88E1111 LAN port work. Both fail to get an ip.

When I do cat /proc/interrupts eth0 is on interrupt 16 and eth1 on 
interrupt 22. I guess that's not corrcet when apic is not used?

The bios of the K8N Neo2 has an option 'APIC function' which is currently 
enabled. Should I set it to Disabled if we do noapic? I tried setting it 
to disable but when the box is booting it hangs on detecting apic CPU#0: 
NMI appears to be stuck. If APIC function is to be left enables should MPS 
be set to 1.4 or 1.1?

Thanks!
Remco



>
> Thanks and hyvää joulua!!
>
> Remco
>

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